Emily F Liu1, Anna D Rubinsky2, Lucia Pacca3,4, Mahasin Mujahid1, Valy Fontil3,4, Mindy C DeRouen2,5, Jessica Fields2,3, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo2,3,4, Courtney R Lyles2,3,4. 1. School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA (E.F.L., M.M.). 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (A.D.R., M.C.D., J.F., K.B.-D., C.R.L.), University of California, San Francisco, CA. 3. Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (L.P., V.F., J.F., K.B.-D., C.R.L.), University of California, San Francisco, CA. 4. UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, CA (L.P., V.F., J.F., K.B.-D., C.R.L.). 5. Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (M.C.D.), University of California, San Francisco, CA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A contextual understanding of hypertension control can inform population health management strategies to mitigate cardiovascular disease events. This retrospective cohort study links neighborhood-level data with patients' health records to describe racial/ethnic differences in uncontrolled hypertension and determine if and to what extent these differences are mediated by neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES). METHODS: We conducted a mediation analysis using a sample of patients with hypertension from 2 health care delivery systems in San Francisco over 2 years (n=47 031). We used generalized structural equation modeling, adjusted for age, sex, and health care system, to estimate the contribution of nSES to disparities in uncontrolled hypertension between White patients and Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian patients, respectively. Sensitivity analysis removed adjustment for health care system. RESULTS: Over half the cohort (62%) experienced uncontrolled hypertension during the study period. Racial/ethnic groups showed substantial differences in prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension and distribution of nSES quintiles. Compared with White patients, Black, and Hispanic/Latino patients had higher adjusted odds of uncontrolled hypertension: odds ratio, 1.79 [95% CI, 1.67-1.91] and odds ratio, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.29-1.47], respectively and nSES accounted for 7% of the disparity in both comparisons. Asian patients had slightly lower adjusted odds of uncontrolled hypertension when compared with White patients: odds ratio, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.89-0.99] and the mediating effect of nSES did not change the direction of the relationship. Sensitivity analysis increased the proportion mediated by nSES to 11% between Black and White patients and 13% between Hispanic/Latino and White patients, but did not influence differences between Asian and White patients. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with hypertension in this study, nSES mediated a small proportion of racial/ethnic disparities in uncontrolled hypertension. Population health management strategies may be most effective by focusing on additional structural and interpersonal pathways such as racism and discrimination in health care settings.
BACKGROUND: A contextual understanding of hypertension control can inform population health management strategies to mitigate cardiovascular disease events. This retrospective cohort study links neighborhood-level data with patients' health records to describe racial/ethnic differences in uncontrolled hypertension and determine if and to what extent these differences are mediated by neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES). METHODS: We conducted a mediation analysis using a sample of patients with hypertension from 2 health care delivery systems in San Francisco over 2 years (n=47 031). We used generalized structural equation modeling, adjusted for age, sex, and health care system, to estimate the contribution of nSES to disparities in uncontrolled hypertension between White patients and Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian patients, respectively. Sensitivity analysis removed adjustment for health care system. RESULTS: Over half the cohort (62%) experienced uncontrolled hypertension during the study period. Racial/ethnic groups showed substantial differences in prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension and distribution of nSES quintiles. Compared with White patients, Black, and Hispanic/Latino patients had higher adjusted odds of uncontrolled hypertension: odds ratio, 1.79 [95% CI, 1.67-1.91] and odds ratio, 1.38 [95% CI, 1.29-1.47], respectively and nSES accounted for 7% of the disparity in both comparisons. Asian patients had slightly lower adjusted odds of uncontrolled hypertension when compared with White patients: odds ratio, 0.95 [95% CI, 0.89-0.99] and the mediating effect of nSES did not change the direction of the relationship. Sensitivity analysis increased the proportion mediated by nSES to 11% between Black and White patients and 13% between Hispanic/Latino and White patients, but did not influence differences between Asian and White patients. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with hypertension in this study, nSES mediated a small proportion of racial/ethnic disparities in uncontrolled hypertension. Population health management strategies may be most effective by focusing on additional structural and interpersonal pathways such as racism and discrimination in health care settings.
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